Improvement in corn-harvesters



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4PATENT Ormea SAMUEL' WARD, :or LANE, iLLrNois.

,MPno-VMENT |,N fCoRN=HAuvEs-reas,

i Specitication forming part of Letters Patent 48.759,' dated July ll,113615,

To all 'whom it may concern ,l

Beitknown that I, SAMUEL VIARD, oi'- Lane,

in the count-yet Ogle-and State of lllinois,have invented a new andImproved Corn and Gane Harvester; and I do hereby declare' that thefollowingis a"full,'clcar, and exact description `part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken i'nrtheline ar Fig. 2; Fig. l, a plan ortop view of thesame.v

Similar letters of reference :indicatev like e; This invention'relatestoauewandimproved machine for harvesting Indian corn andsugarcane.

The invention consists in a novel and simple means for stripping bladesfromv the stalks, aswell as in a means for gathering the corn or cane tothe sickle anddischargingitfreely upon a bed' so constructed that thecorn or cane may -be.disch'arged in gavelsi'rom the machine.v

Arepresents the framing ofthe machine, in which a driving-wheel, B, isplaced, having teeth a at one side which gear into a pinion,

b, on a 'shaft,.C, placed longitudinally in the framing and having awheel, c, on' its front end.

from which the sickle D is driven by apitman,

E. The sickle D is provided with V-shaped or saw teeth Land it worksthrough fingers F, attached to a bar, e, at the front endof the framingA. .The back of the sickle D does not bear against the bar e, butagainst friction-rollers f placed therein. These rollers f greatlydiminishfrietion, and consequently lighten the draft of the machine.

Directly back of the bar e in which the frictiou-rollersf are placedthere is fitted a horizontal roller, G, which is parallel with e, andback of the roller G there is a hed, G, composed of two shafts, g g,placed longitudinally in the framing and provided with arms h, whichproject from the shaft at right angles. This bed receives the cane orcorn as iti s cut, and the arms h are retained in a horizontal positionby cords or chains H, which are attached to a single cord or chain, H',the latter being se cured toa pin on the framing A.

z The side of the framing A opposite to the side near where the wheel- Bis placed is supported'by a casteiwheel, l.

In the" upper and front part ot' the framing A there is placed a shortlongitudinal shaft, I, which is driven by a belt,j, from the wheel c.

This shaft I has two cranks, k lf, at its front end, to each ot which ahar or beater, J, is 'attached, said cranks being in reverse positionsandthe rear ends or shaftsot the beaters being fitted in openings in abar, on, attached to the framingfiThe beaters work in vertical planesdirectly' in front ot' the sickle and serve to strip blades from thestanding stalks.

K K represent two arms, constructed pre? cisely like the bars orbeaters' J. The arms K K are connected to two reverse cranks, m m, atthe-upper end of a vertical shaft, L, and the shafts or rear ends of thearms K work through openings in au upright, M, on the framing.- The armsK, it will be seen, work in horizontal planes, and they are designed togather or draw the cane or corn to thesickle and also to throw it overon the bed Gr) yThe machine is drawn along by a team in thel same manneras other harvesters, The

arms K arc operated by a belt, o, from a pulley on the axle ofthe wheelB.

O is a shaft placed longitlulinally in the frumin g A and driven `bybevel-gears p from the axle ot' wheel This shaft 0 has aknife,

P, cuits rear end, which, as the shaft O rotates, works overaledger-hlade, q, at the back part ofthe framing. This knife l? cutsott' the tops 'of the cane as it falls upon Ithe hed G". Then the bedGrx has a sutlicieiit quantity of cane orcorn upon it to form a gavelthe operator or driver releases the chain or cord H', and thereby allowsthe arms It of the shafts y to drop and discharge their load, the roller(l facilitating the discharge, the arms being then raised andthe cord orchain H' secured to hold'the arms in` proper position to receive anotherload'.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The bars or beatcrsJ J,.arra'nged to perate invertical planes in front of 'and above the sickle D, substantially asand vfor the pur-l Y pose vspecified 2. The u-rms K K, arranged tooperate in horizontal planes and .inthe described relation to the sickleD, for the purpose seb fortiv A,

3. The bed G", composed of the two shafts g g, provided with the arms h,and arranged with cords or chains Hv H', for the purpose or" ischargiugthe out Cane or corn in gavels from the machine, substantially@described.

i. fChe arrangement of the bars or'beat'ers J ,lL-arms K K, incombination with the sickle E, and bed G", with or Without the guard N,y

combined and arranged to operate in the manner substantially as 4'undfor the purpose set;v

forth.' i

Thekuife I?, arranged to operateat the rear of the bed G,substantiallyas and for the purposospecied.

SAMUEL WARD.

-Wituesses:

A. SVHQADLEY., J. T. MILLER.

